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Virat Kohli to Rishabh Pant: Players with IPL 2025 salary higher than Champions Trophy 2025 Prize Money
The ICC announced prize money for the winning team of the Champions Trophy 2025 to be Rs. 19.45 crore. However, there are individual players who have IPL salary of more than the prize of the entire tournament.
Last Updated on - February 15, 2025 11:36 AM IST
IPL Trophy(L) and ICC Champions Trophy(R) (Image credits- X)
The ICC announced the prize money for the 2025 edition of Champions Trophy. The team which will win the tournament is going to be rewarded with 2.24 million UDS, which converts to Rs. 19.45 crore.
However, even after such a massive prize pool, there are a few players in the Indian Premier League (IPL) who have more salary per player for the 2025 season as compared to the prize money for Champions Trophy 2025.
1) Rishabh Pant
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India’s star wicketkeeper-batter Rishabh Pant got taken in by Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) for the massive sum of Rs. 27 crore at the IPL mega auction. He was the most expensive player in history of he tournament
2) Shreyas Iyer
Right-handed top-order batter Shreyas Iyer was the second most expensive player in IPL history. Shreyas was taken in by Punjab Kings for a massive sum of Rs. 26.75 crore.
3) Venkatesh Iyer
Indian tall pace-bowling all-rounder Venkatesh Iyer was taken in by Kolkata Knight Riders during the IPL mega auction. The Kolkata-franchise took his services for a massive amount of Rs. 23.75 crore.
4) Heinrich Klaasen
South Africa’s right-handed wicketkeeper-batter Heinrich Klaasen was taken in by Sunrisers Hyderabad for the IPL 2025, where the franchise paid Rs. 23 crore to secure his services.
5) Virat Kohli
India’s former captain and batting maestro Virat Kohli and was taken by Royal Challengers Bengaluru, retained by the franchise ahead of the auctions for an amount of Rs. 21 crore.
6) Nicholas Pooran
West Indies’ great wicketkeeper-batter Nicholas Pooran is the last name in the list whose IPL 2025 salary is higher than Champions Trophy 2025 winning prize. Nicholas was retained by Lucknow Super Giants for an amount of Rs. 21 crore ahead of the auction.